Long Yuan took refuge in Liu Xiu, and the relationship between the two became much closer. Long Yuan asked, "What are the plans of the lord in the future?" ”

Liu Xiu didn't reply immediately, he was silent for a while, and said quietly: "If you have the opportunity, you should get rid of the reckless thief and restore the Han family!" ”

He had never said that to anyone before. In his family, the one who most often shouts 'get rid of the reckless thieves and restore the Han family' is his eldest brother Liu Xuan.

On the surface, Liu Xiu has never echoed his eldest brother's remarks, but in his heart, recovering the Han family has long become his greatest wish.

When Long Yuan heard this, his face was overjoyed, and he said word by word: "The lord has such great ambitions, the loyal uncle will swear to follow the lord to the death, saddle the horse before and after, and never give up!" ”

Liu Xiu smiled, and after a while, he asked with bright eyes: "Uncle Zhong, you dare to assassinate Wang Mang, your martial arts must be very powerful, right?" ”

Long Yuan's old face turned red, he lowered his head embarrassedly, and said, "My subordinates are ashamed. "If his skills are really powerful enough, Wang Mang's head is already in his hands now.

In fact, Long Yuan was still too humble. Wang Mang is not an ordinary person, but today, there are countless guards around him, just ask the whole world, who can get close to Wang Mang's left and right?

Liu Xiu patted Long Yuan's arm and praised with a smile: "I think you are more powerful than Jing Ke!" ”

"Huh?" Long Yuan didn't react, and looked at Liu Xiu in confusion.

"Jing Ke died in the Qin Palace, but you managed to escape!"

Long Yuan's old face turned red, and he said with a wry smile: "The lord doesn't know, we seized the opportunity to assassinate Wang Mang when he was inspecting Lantian County. "There is no comparison with Jing Ke going deep into the palace of King Qin to assassinate him.

"Then it's great that you can successfully escape!" Liu Xiu asked with great interest: "Uncle Zhong, when you are healed, how about teaching me martial arts?" ”

Long Yuan's spirit was shocked, and he said: "The lord is willing to learn, and his subordinates should teach each other." After a pause, he asked tentatively, "Has the lord ever learned martial arts before?" ”

When Liu Xiu helped him to the cabin in the mountains, he could feel it, don't look at Liu Xiu's slender and thin figure, as if he was weak and couldn't help the wind, but his strength was very strong, and the muscles of his body were also very strong.

"I've learned a little, but I've only scratched the surface." Liu Xiu had learned some martial arts from his eldest brother Liu Xiu, but he neglected to practice and was not very proficient.

Long Yuan asked him to practice the martial arts he had learned.

Liu Xiu was not pretentious, and in the cabin, Huhu played a set of boxing techniques taught to him by Liu Xiu.

After Long Yuan saw it, he smiled and said, "It can be seen that the lord doesn't practice boxing often. ”

Seeing Liu Xiu's embarrassed face, Long Yuan answered again: "But it's okay to do this, so that I can help the lord lay the foundation." ”

Hearing this, Liu Xiu's face showed joy, walked to Long Yuan, sat cross-legged, and took out the food in the bamboo basket while saying, "Let's talk while eating." ”

Long Yuan responded: "Okay! He was just about to get corn rice, Liu Xiu stuffed the meat soup into his hand and said, "You are injured, eating meat soup will help you recover from your injuries." ”

"Lord, you eat." Long Yuan pushed this bowl of meat soup in front of Liu Xiu.

"You need it now more than I do." While speaking, Liu Xiu pushed the meat soup back in front of Long Yuan again.

Looking at this bowl of meat soup that was pushed around by the two of them, Long Yuan's eyes were wet and red, to be honest, he had never been treated so politely since he was a child, even when he was in the Guangqi Marquis Mansion.

He secretly swore in his heart that in this life, he would be with Liu Xiu, the lord.

After the two finished eating, they sat in the wooden house and chatted about martial arts and the current situation, until the evening, when it was almost dark, Liu Xiucai said goodbye to Long Yuan, left the cabin, and went back to his house.

Now Liu Xiu lives in his uncle Liu Liang's house. He didn't go through the front door, but entered through the back door. He and his younger sister Liu Boji also live in the backyard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, the door of the wing room opened, Liu Boji walked out, looked at Liu Xiu suspiciously, and asked, "Third brother, why did you come back, where did you go so late?" ”

Liu Boji is three years younger than Liu Xiu, born slim, charming and lovely, with long eyelashes, flickering like a small fan, black eyes, and crystal like obsidian.

Liu Xiu was in a good mood, smiling, and replied casually: "Go visit a friend." ”

Liu Boji asked, "Which friend?" Do I recognize me? ”

"You don't know." Liu Xiu couldn't tell her sister about Long Yuan, if the little girl said it quickly, it would bring disaster to the entire family.

Liu Boji pursed the corners of his lips and suddenly asked, "Did the third brother fall in love with a girl from which family and secretly went to a private meeting at night?" ”

Liu Xiu was amused by the little sister's words, he walked up to Liu Boji, pushed her into the wing, and said, "Go back and be your female celebrity, don't worry about what you shouldn't worry about, don't ask so much." ”

Liu Boji was pushed by Liu Xiu and returned to his room indignantly.

My brother has a sweetheart, and at the beginning, my sister is usually very unhappy and feels that her brother is going to be snatched away by others. Liu Boji is now in this age group.

The next day, Liu Xiu got up earlier than usual, and brought an extra axe in addition to the farming tools for ploughing the land, and then he pondered for a while, and then went down to the cellar and took out a basket of corn and two pieces of bacon.

Walking out of his house, he went straight to the cabin in the mountains and forests.

There are cooking utensils left by the hunters in the cabin, and it is not a problem to make a fire in it for cooking, and there is a small stream nearby and it is easy to get water.

Liu Xiu and Long Yuan first made breakfast, and then Long Yuan instructed Liu Xiu to practice martial arts.

The two walked into the mountain forest, on a gentle slope, Long Yuan stopped, patted a tree with half the thickness of an adult's waist, it felt quite strong, he first used a dagger to draw a circle mark on the trunk, and then reminded Liu Xiu: "Pay attention to my footwork and techniques!" ”

As he spoke, he took a step beside the tree and swung a knife that hit the mark he had just made, and then he took another step, and the dagger swung again, still slashing at the ring mark.

He circled the tree, took exactly seven steps, and at the same time swung seven swords, none of which deviated from the mark on the trunk.

He circled the tree three more times with the same footwork and knife technique, and Fang stopped, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked breathlessly, "Has the lord written it down?" ”

This is the most common exercise he does on weekdays, one hundred and eighty laps, no problem at all, but now he is injured, only four turns, and he is so tired that he is covered in sweat.

Liu Xiu looked at it seriously and nodded at Long Yuan. Long Yuan took a few steps back and said, "Lord, you come and try." ”

Taking a deep breath, Liu Xiu took the axe, walked to the tree, and followed the method that Long Yuan taught him, took a step and swung an axe.

Long Yuan watched from the sidelines, stepping forward from time to time to correct Liu Xiu's movements.

Liu Xiu really has a talent for martial arts, and after being corrected by Long Yuan a few times, he already looks like he is doing it again, but the speed is slow.

Long Yuan found a stone nearby, sat down, and while watching Liu Xiu practice, he explained: "If you train your arm strength and don't practice your leg strength, you can only be considered half a cripple, and in the same way, if you don't practice your leg strength and don't practice your arm strength, you are also half disabled." When fighting against people, the body is in high-speed movement most of the time, which requires us to move at high speed, the move must be fast and accurate, if a move can not attack the enemy's vital point, even if there is only a slight difference, next, the death is likely to be ourselves. ”

"The lord has just practiced now, you don't need to ask for speed, just ask for the action standard, and after a while, in the time of a stick of incense, the lord needs to complete fifty turns, three hundred and fifty blows."

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In the next period of time, in addition to going to the field to do farm work as usual, as long as he had time, he ran into the woods to practice martial arts with Long Yuan.

Long Yuan recovered quickly, and in only half a month, most of the injuries on his body had healed.

Liu Xiu's progress in martial arts training was also rapid, which surprised Long Yuan.

In less than a month, Liu Xiu has already practiced the footwork and striking skills he has taught.

Long Yuan originally thought that he would have to wait two or three months before he could ask Liu Xiu to complete fifty turns and three hundred and fifty blows in the time of one stick of incense, but now it has been less than a month, and Liu Xiu has already done it.

A month later, Long Yuan no longer asked Liu Xiu for speed, but for his strength, stipulating that in one day, he would cut down a tree in a circle-and-walk manner.

Two days ago, Liu Xiu didn't succeed, but on the third day, Liu Xiu really cut down a tree that was more than half a person thick, although it took him more than three hours and a total of thousands of axes, even he couldn't remember himself.

By teaching Liu Xiu to practice martial arts, Long Yuan also had a further understanding of Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu has a tenacity, does not admit defeat, does not get discouraged, as long as he sets a goal, no matter how hard and tired he is, he will grit his teeth and complete it.

He noticed that the blisters on Liu Xiu's palms had doubled in the past few days, and he usually bit the blisters, squeezed out the pus, and then continued to swing the axe like no one.

This kind of perseverance and patience is not something that everyone possesses.

Through this, Long Yuan was also more sure that Liu Xiu must be a person who can achieve great things, which also strengthened his determination to follow Liu Xiu.

Another half a month passed, and the injuries on Long Yuan's body had completely healed.

This morning, Liu Xiu, as usual, came to the cabin early.

At this time, Long Yuan had already cooked a meal, and when he saw Liu Xiu coming in, he bowed down and saluted, saying, "Lord! ”

Liu Xiu looked at the corn rice and side dishes that had been arranged, and he asked with a smile: "Uncle Zhong, how did you cook today's meal so early?" ”

Every morning, they go out to practice for a while, and then come back to cook and eat.

Long Yuan Zhengse said: "Lord, now that the injuries of my subordinates have healed, I plan to go to Lantian County." ”

Liu Xiu was shocked when he heard this, and asked, "Uncle Zhong, are you leaving?" ”

"No, lord, I'm going to Lantian County to find Long Zhun and Long Xiao."

"Are you sure Long Zhun and Long Xiao must be in Lantian County?"

Long Yuan shook his head slowly and said, "The subordinates are not sure, but even if the two of them are not there, the subordinates will leave a mark in the agreed place and let them come to Caiyang County to find their subordinates." ”

Liu Xiu nodded, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "How many days does this trip take?" ”

Long Yuan silently calculated the time in his heart and said, "A month at most, and half a month at the least." ”

Liu Xiu frowned, and said worriedly: "But your portrait is still there, this trip is dangerous, it's better to do this, I'll go with you, and I can also help you cover!" ”

"Absolutely never!" Long Yuan was startled, he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I belong to a person, I have no worries, even if I encounter an enemy, I am confident that I can come and go freely." ”

If he took Liu Xiu to Lantian County with him, in case he was chased by the government, he would be distracted to take care of Liu Xiu, and neither of them would be able to escape.

Liu Xiu understood that with his current ability, following Long Yuan was his drag, but he really didn't feel at ease about letting Long Yuan go to Lantian County alone to take risks.

Long Yuan said with a smile: "Don't worry, my subordinates have already made preparations. ”

As he spoke, Long Yuan untied the cloth strap wrapped around his head and took it off. Liu Xiu looked at it, and his eyes suddenly widened.